成人快手

Pianist Paul Lewis performs music by Beethoven, Haydn and Brahms, in the second recital of a series he's devised exploring the connections between these composers, associated with the musical life in Vienna and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the late 18th and 19th-Centuries. The concert opens with Beethoven's 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119, a collection of short pieces written over a period of more than 25 years, from the 1790s to the early 1820s. Then, on either side of the interval, come two pieces by Haydn: first, his Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI/49, written for the fortepiano in 1789/90, marking the beginning of his mature style for the keyboard; then, opening the second half of this recital, it's his Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI/32, part of a set of six, published privately in 1776. The concert closes with Brahms' 4 Pieces, Op. 119, written in 1892/3, part of the wonderful chamber music that the composer wrote towards the end of his life. The piece is comprised by three intermezzi followed by a rhapsody.

Live from the Royal Festival Hall in London
Presented by Mark Forrest

7.31pm
Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op.119

Haydn: Sonata in E flat, Hob.XVI/49

8.06pm
Interval Music

8.30pm
Haydn: Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI/32

Brahms: 4 Pieces, Op.119

Paul Lewis, piano.